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US 2023/0027488 A1Published application
Marine wake adapted rudder assembly
AssigneeMichigan Wheel
InventorsBernard BENTGEN, Christopher BIGLER, Kevin MITCHELL, Bruce DIETERLE, Brant SAVANDER, Constance SAVANDER
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Abstract
A system for designing and assembling a ships rudder that allows for the manufacture of the rudder components, namely a rudder stock and rudder blade independently, and assembling them into a completed rudder using retaining bolts and injecting an epoxy like cement or grout in order achieve the required strength characteristics.
Claims14
A marine rudder assembly comprising;
- a rudder blade forming an internal central cavity elongated along a vertical axis of the rudder blade,
- a rudder stock having an upper shaft portion and a lower insert portion, the lower insert portion shaped to fit into and closely conform with an inside surface of the internal central cavity, and
- an injectable filler material placed in a gap created between the inside surface of the internal cavity and the rudder stock lower insert portion.
A method of forming a marine rudder assembly comprising the steps of;
- providing a rudder blade forming an internal central cavity elongated along a vertical axis of the rudder blade,
- providing a rudder stock having an upper shaft portion and a lower insert portion, the lower insert portion shaped to fit into and closely conform with an inside surface of the internal central cavity,
- locating the rudder stock lower insert portion into the rudder blade internal central cavity, and
- injecting a filler material into a gap created between the inside surface of the internal cavity and the rudder stock lower insert portion.
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